diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6ea5427..fa9dad3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
               actual = json.load(open(path, encoding="utf-8"))["version"]
               if actual != expected:
                   raise SystemExit(f"{path}: version {actual!r} does not match release {expected!r}")
-          if not re.fullmatch(r"\d+(\.\d+){1,3}", expected):
+          if not re.fullmatch(r"\d+(\.\d+){0,3}", expected):
               raise SystemExit(f"Release version must be numeric, got {expected!r}")
           PY